InMotion Hosting vs. GoDaddy Dedicated Servers

Do you run a mission critical setup or a heavy database driven dynamic site? Perhaps you simply want the highest performance possible without sharing resources with other sites. Fortunately, InMotion Hosting has every plan to suit your needs. Our Dedicated Servers are perfect for your business because we offer:

Money Back Guarantee

We are so confident that you will be pleased with our service that we offer you a Full 30 Day Money Back Guarantee, regardless of the Dedicated Server plan you choose. GoDaddy offers a 2 days return policy if you don't prepay for a full year.

30 Days

2 Days

Prorated Return Policy

Even if you want to cancel after 30 days, we will return a prorated amount; no questions asked. At GoDaddy, they can only offer you "in-store" credit.

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Scalability

At InMotion Hosting, we grow with your company! Need a secondary drive? Faster RAID card? Simply ask and we will install it within 48 hours. Upgrade your server at anytime with InMotion Hosting. At GoDaddy, you are locked into their offered plans.

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Employee-Owned

InMotion Hosting is employee-owned and operated. Being an independent organization, we can focus beyond just the bottom line. Our core values are built around meeting customer needs and constantly enhancing their experience. Our #1 goal is to thrill you, the customer! On the other hand, GoDaddy is a publicly traded company.

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Dedicated IPs Included

InMotion Hosting gives a generous amount of free dedicated IPs. GoDaddy can only gives you 3.

5-15IPs

3

Hardware RAID

InMotion Hosting partners with Cisco and Lenovo to provide hardware based RAID cards. Do you run a mission critical setup or a heavy database driven dynamic site? Or you simply want the highest performance possible. GoDaddy only offers software RAID.

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Free Server Management

We not only install your operating system's security patches, but also pro-actively check to make sure they are updated to limit security risks. We also update your cPanel so you have access to the newest and most stable cPanel & WHM features.

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Available

Hardware Replacement Guarantee

Our 2 hour hardware replacement guarantee is an additional peace of mind service, where we will replace any faulty hardware within 2 hours of notification. GoDaddy does not have a guarantee.

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Custom Configuration

Your business is not a cookie-cutter business, why should you use GoDaddy's cookie cutter web server? With InMotion Hosting, you can upgrade your processor, add more RAM, or even swap out a RAID card with more cache. The options are unlimited.

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One-on-One System Admin

Need help setting up your server? Need a professional to optimize your site? Want a system admin to speed up your pages? InMotion Hosting offers time with our Tier 3+ sysadmin, free of charge. GoDaddy doesn't offer this service for free.

Pre-configured 'Out of the Box' server

100% Factory Built and Tested

Unlike other providers, we do not take the cheapest parts on the market and piece together a server. We only use 100% Dell or Lenovo Servers that have undergone rigorous research and development to ensure quality and compatibility. In addition, our individual dedicated servers are tested twice before they leave the factory.

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Multi-Layer Advanced Defense System

InMotion Hosting partners with Corero to defend against DDoS attacks that leads to unplanned server outages. InMotion Hosting also has multi-layer 10Gbps switches that layer through various scripts and APIs to change the routing within the network itself on demand. All this to ensure you, our customer, stays online. GoDaddy puts that responsiblity on you.

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Once again, InMotion Hosting has earned my appreciation and business. As you know, there is a lot of competition out there for web hosting and domain name registration. Time and again I use In Motion Hosting because the level of professionalism, ease to reach an English speaking, American support individual combined with easy to understand, transparent and reasonable fees cannot be beat. Not anywhere. In Motion is always easy to reach for any reason, and tech support when needed is 100% American, competent and responsive. Matt in your sales division was awesome as expected, and I’m on my way to starting our company’s newest website."